Cambodge - Jour 32-42 - Kep à Banlung 2010

Aujourd'hui, j'ai eu vais de Phnom Penh à Banlung dans le Province de Ratinikirri, Cambodge cars mon
visa finit 28 Fev 2010. Je prefere à aller à vélo. :( Le plus que je vais à vélo, le plus que je
me voyage à vélo. En le van, une femme m'a donné du nourriture. C'était un morceau du bois avec
du gazon à chaque bout. Lorsque "peeled off" le bois, il y a quelque chose que se semble du riz.
C'était trés délicieuse. J'ai me pensé, "Qu'est-ce que c'est?" Je porte "a facemask" lorsque que je
vais à vélo cars l'autoroute est trés devoir.

(today, I had to get from Phnom Penh to Banlung in Ratinikirri Province, Cambodia by van because my
visa ends on 28 February. I wanted to ride my bicycle there. The more I ride my bicycle, the more I want
to ride it. I have to use a facemask on the unsealed roads as they are too dusty. So, you will
see me wearing one in the video. On the van I had a "galome" (this is how the word sounded to me).
It was like a piece of bamboo-looking word with grass at the end. On the inside there was what
looked like rice. The whole thing was cooked before we peeled the wood off and took out the grasssy ends.
It was soooo tasty and sweet. I think it was a sweetened rice. not sure though. A woman on the van to
Banlung gave me it too eat)

Cambodge - Jour 24-28 - Siem Reap, Battambang, Phnom Penh 2010

Cambodge - Jour 24-28 - Siem Reap, Battambang, Phnom Penh 2010
Angkor Wat and the wats around it are a look into the past. Much of it is in ruin. As I walk through it, I wonder
what these past civilization was like. What were they thinking? What did they do from day to day? There is a strong tie
to boudhism, Hinduism and war.

Cambodge - Jour 29-32 Pnom Penh à Kep 2010

Cambodge - Jour 29-32 Pnom Penh à Kep 2010
I visited Tuol Sleng Prison. This is one of many prisons. These type of places were used to hurt people to get them
to confess to being a traitor, then kill theminterrogation centers used by the Kmer Rouge under Pol Pot, etc. I have never
seen something this disturbing in person.
People come up and look at my bicycle and ask me about it. When I am away from my bicycle, I return to find out that
people have changed my gears. I have had to take my bicycle to a repair shop to get my gears fixed 2 times in Phnom Penh already.
No one means harm. They are simply curious. Most bikes look very different than mine.

When I was bicycling toward Kep, Cambodia I stopped for a drink of water at a roadside stand in Takeo, Cambodia. A Cambodian
man came up to me and we started talking. Eventually, he asked if I wanted to come to his house and have some food and get
out of the sun for a while. I was mid-day. In Vancouver, British Columbia it is about 40 degrees celsius colder than in southeast Asia.
This increase in heat is very hard on me. I easily drink more than 7 liters of fluid per day. And I still feel somewhat dehydrated.
When one adds in the fact that I am cycling around Asia it is even more challenging for me. At his house (Samath) I took a shower
to cool off. A Shower at most Cambodian homes is accomplished by getting water from a cistern with a bowel and pouring it on oneself.
I felt so refreshed afterwards.
Then, I ate frog and mango in fish sauce. Very, very tasty. His family is very kind.
They were teaching me some Cambodian. I find Cambodians to be very giving people. I arrived 17 hours later at Kep from Phnom Penh. Wow!

Cambodge - Jour 17-23 - Sisophon à Siem Reap 2010

Cambodge - Jour 17-23 - Sisophon à Siem Reap 2010
This was over a 100 km trip. It is very hot in Cambodia for me. I sweat day and night whether I am on my bicycle or not.
On the way to Siem Reap I stopped at one point and drank 3 Red Bulls and a Coca Cola water. I needed more energy to
finish my bicycle trip to Phnom Penh today. When I pass people, they smile and say hello. I have found the Cambodians
very kind and open to me.

Cambodie - Jour 13 à 18 - Sisophon à Banteay Chmar 2010

The home of the local I stayed at in Banteay Chmar was so nice. He was a rice farmer and his yard was filled with
various shapes of wood and flowers. He had huge cisterns. I did not know that they store up the water that falls
from the sky over the wet season and use it for the whole dry season. There were at least 7 huge cisterns in
his yard. I went in the room where the toilet was. The light was off and I did not know how to take a shower
as there was no shower head. I went out and asked Mr. Chin what to do. He told me I scoop water from the
cistern and pour it over me. To turn on the light he started up the generator to power up the lights. During this
he taught me alot of Kmer, the language of Cambodia. I relize from this experience that there are many ways
to live and do things. It was a fulfilling experience.